Said to have been built in the 13th Century the origins of this Church go back much further as the location was given to the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury about 1,000 years ago. This is the final resting place of "Blue Dick" Culmer and as might befit this individual, it is an extremely plain building from the outside.

The Church is set up high on a hill overlooking what was once The Wantsum Channel and is extremely exposed to any winds that might blow across this exposed area from the South East to the South West and it certainly seems to replect this. Very unusually, the churchyard has no yew trees which might well be because the Monks that once lived here were great sheep farmers.

I have not managed to get inside this Church yet for a look around but understand there are monuments to an old priest, John Spicer, buried at the entrance to the Chancel in 1460, and also to Frances Blechenden, who apparently, is said to have "enjoyed three husbands". [Incidentally, I have had people write to me about this same name before but spelled, Blechynden in connection with the smuggling fraternity in Kent]. The Church once had a North Aisle but this may have been demolished when the monks moved out of the area and there was some restoration work undertaken about the Church in 1860.